Ji Jinchun's words are very correct, that is, whether the restoration is successful or not, the 28th Division supports the country, and whether the state system is a republic or a monarchy is not in his consideration. Although he was not in a position to help each other, he actually voted against it. I know with my toes that if there is no foreign aid, it is strange that Zhang Xun's 5,000 people alone can carry out restoration.

Zhang Hanqing is well aware of this farce, and he has also made great efforts to this end. In order to make this fire burn as soon as possible, Zhang Zuolin sent another telegram on the 30th to threaten Li Yuanhong, saying that if "he intends to protect himself and do not have ambitions, he should lead the children of Liaodong to attack the Beijing Division." In this action against the Central Committee, Wu Junsheng did not participate in it due to illness. When Wu was summoned to Feng, the wood had already been completed, and there was no objection.

Regarding Li Yuanhong's opposition and support for Duan Qirui, Zhang Zuolin did not just pay lip service, but also put into practice the "autonomy" of the provinces proposed by Duan Qirui.

In order to demonstrate to the Central Committee, he fabricated a list of military personnel who had left the Central Committee, and invited Wu to sign it, and Wu Junsheng also signed it. Although there is some self-deception, but inadvertently, all the important people outside the customs are looking at the old Zhang Ma.

This is the first time Lao Zhang has made a name for himself in politics.

Although Li Yuanhong extended an olive branch, Zhang Zuolin, at the strong request of Zhang Hanqing, who was "well versed in history", still continued to hug Duan Qirui's thigh, and clearly supported Duan Qirui's anti-Li with a clear banner, and jointly announced the autonomy of Fengtian and Heilongjiang with Bao Guiqing.

At that time, autonomy was only a political signal: the "Southeastern Mutual Guarantee", which opposed Cixi's declaration of war with the Eight-Nation in the late Qing Dynasty, was a form of autonomy so that the chaos in Beijing would not affect itself...

When the Xinhai Revolution was successful, the provinces that did not know the situation began to govern themselves, which not only showed loyalty to the Qing Dynasty---- we did not take advantage of the fire to loot, but also gave an account to the rebels---- we did not help the abuse... Zhang Zuolin did this;

The form used by the provincial overseers who opposed Yuan Shikai's proclamation of emperor was also autonomy, which was the plan that the overseers who had already sat down began to consolidate their position. Naturally, the power of financial and personnel appointments and dismissals was delegated to the provinces... Zhang Zuolin also did this;

Now, Lao Zhang once again raises the banner of "autonomy", but this time this autonomy will take power more thoroughly.

After the autonomy, the work of the departments of the province was no longer the ministry of the national cabinet, but was responsible to the governor. The governor of Fengtian is Zhang Zuolin, which has nothing to say; But the governor of Hei Province is Bao Guiqing, although he was promoted by Zhang Zuolin with a gun, but with such a favorable resource, who knows if he will support another Zhang Zuolin?

Because Bao Guiqing also served as the overseer of the Black Province.

Although this overseer has no power for the time being, and the two divisions under him are also under Zhang Zuolin's command, Zhang Zuolin is still not at ease. Although the black province is small, Bao is also the nominal leader of the military and government, and he has great righteousness. But because the black province also wants to be "autonomous", it is not good for him to meddle too much in name, and after a long time, it is inevitable that there will be demon moths, although Bao Guiqing is Zhang Zuolin's son and daughter.

Knowing Zhang Zuolin's distress, Zhang Hanqing said with a smile: "This problem is easy to handle. Didn't we engage in the separation of military and political affairs before, and at that time we constrained the generals of the army not to interfere in politics. At present, the principle of separation of military and political affairs is still followed, but the restriction is that senior political officials do not interfere in the military. It will become customary for a provincial overseer and a governor not to do both. It would be good if my father took the initiative to resign from the position of governor, with this gesture, what else does Bao Du have to say? He can only be one of the overseers and the governor, otherwise, I will mobilize public opinion to drown him with spittle. ”

Lao Zhang still believes in Zhang Hanqing's ability. If he takes the lead in setting an example, Bao Guiqing is forced by the situation, and I believe that it will be difficult for him to be embarrassed to grasp the two positions. However, which one will Lao Bao choose, the Overseer or the Governor?

And he finally gained the absolute power of the military and political government of Fengtian, and now he suddenly wants to take the initiative to let go, will anyone take the opportunity to weaken himself? Just a black provincial governor, Zhang Zuolin didn't feel anything, but he still attached great importance to this Fengtian governor, after all, this laid the foundation for his own start, and put such an important resource in the hands of others, he was still very worried about Di---- did he have any means of supervision?

Knowing his concerns, Zhang Hanqing raised his hand and offered: "Father is afraid that he won't be able to manage the black province after self-government, right?" We can unite with the 'autonomy', and it would be nice to set up a 'Fenghei Autonomous Committee.'" My father relinquished the position of governor of Fengtian Province and became the chairman of this committee, so he would be in charge of the governors of the two provinces in the name of ---- other provinces in the future. Otherwise, my father's interference in the affairs of the Black Province as the governor of Mukden will always give people a mouthful.

The situation inside and outside the customs is now full of twists and turns, and my father is in danger in the northeast, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about trivial matters. Minyuan has done a great job and is the best candidate to take over as the governor of Fengtian, so that his father can rest assured and can see the problem from a high vantage point, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Min Yuan is Wang Yongjiang, who is now the first confidant and right-hand man among Zhang Zuolin's civil officials. The reform of the military and police, he did a very good job in line with Zhang Hanqing's heart, so the old and young Zhang relied on it very much.

This method is good, it is both famous and profitable. He looked at Zhang Hanqing, where did this kid get so many fancy intestines, but every trick is so cute!

So while Zhang Zuolin was pressing Li Yuanhong step by step, he was also intensively preparing for the "Fenghei Autonomous Committee". Needless to say, the entire architecture is based on Zhang Hanqing's ideas.

This committee has specific operational committees, which correspond to the provincial departments. For example, both provinces have financial departments, financial departments (Heilongjiang's structure began to refer to Fengtian), and both have tax authorities, so how can they be controlled in a unified manner? The director of this committee is actually doing the same thing as the minister of the Central Committee, but he does not have a corresponding reputation, and is only in charge of the specific business of the two provinces.

In the same way, the Fenghei Judicial Committee, the Fenghei Police Committee, the Fenghei Agricultural Committee, and so on. Zhang Zuolin set up more than a dozen joint committees under the "autonomous committees" to form a matrix management structure with the provincial governors. And the top of this matrix is Zhang Zuolin, who serves as the chairman of the Fenghei Autonomous Committee. In the future, when there is more territory occupied, these people will be the candidates for the future heads of various ministries, which can be regarded as cultivating talents in advance.

Of course, the directors of each committee are all concurrently served by the current directors of Fengtian. As long as Zhang Zuolin seized the directors of these committees, he would completely control the administrative power of the two provinces.

However, Zhang Hanqing still found a little bit of a real shortage, like the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, he used the excuse that agriculture is currently the foundation of the economy of Northeast China, and agriculture is closely related to water interest, so it is necessary to send a leader who can simultaneously carry out capital and technology introduction in agriculture and water conservancy and can understand his spirit of land reform in Northeast China, and pushed Mo Dehui to the top administrative level of Feng Province, and concurrently served as the director of the newly established Department of Agriculture and the Department of Water Resources.

This position is not like the finance, police, finance, transportation and other departments, and most people don't realize that this is Zhang Hanqing making a detour for his people. With the experience accumulated in this position, there is a chance to move to a unit at the same level in the future, after all, this is also a unit at the department level. Unlike his own position, the director of Fengtian Merchants Bureau, he has a lot of power and a light weight in the government.

This is also Lao Zhang's compensation for his son's contribution before and after the saddle.

After everything was decided, Zhang Zuolin solemnly telegraphed to the outside world, saying that he would resign from the post of governor of Fengtian Province and become the first overseer in the country to take the initiative not to be the governor of the province, which shook the whole country.

At that time, all the local powerful factions did not want to try their best to obtain real power in the military and government, and it was really rare for Zhang Zuolin to take the initiative to ask for decentralization. first gave up the commander of the 27th Division, and now he resigned as the governor of Fengtian, look at the bosom of others! Although everyone knows that Zhang Zuolin has three divisions of troops and is also the most reliable overseer in power, this posture has not failed to attract the attention of the various factions that advocate boiling.

The direction of the wind is already clear, and Bao Guiqing must also make some representations. Because the two divisions under his command were subordinate to Zhang Zuolin, he didn't have much taste as an overseer, so he briefed Zhang Zuolin that he wanted to resign as the full-time governor of the overseer.

This wind blew Fengtian and Heilongjiang extremely lively, and qualified military and political officials threw stones at Zhang Zuolin to ask for directions, after all, there were only more than 20 overseers in the Republic of China. General Staff Yang Yuting and 27th Division Commander Sun Liechen are all qualified, and Zhang Zuolin's younger brother Zhang Jinghui, who was his deputy when he started, also felt that he had an opportunity, and even Wu Junsheng, who had just been promoted to the commander of the 29th Division, was also anxious to visit Lao Zhang.

It's not time to pick the fruit yet, so now I want to share the spoils!

Zhang Zuoxiang sniffed out the signs, and he hurriedly said to Zhang Zuolin: "Marshal, Bao Zuojun can't resign from this position!" None of our old guys have enough qualifications, and it's not good to push anyone, but it hurts the harmony. Moreover, the Overseers are the Central Prison, and the Overseers of the Black Province are just empty shelves, so let's not look too ugly. This is his old and serious opinion, and his general knowledge impresses Zhang Zuolin.

Zhang Hanqing also said to Zhang Zuolin: "Uncle Eight's opinion is very pertinent. Governors are elected, and we can make a difference; The position of Overseer is appointed by the central government, and whoever we nominate to take office is prone to criticism, and we still need to do so. ”

After thinking about it, Zhang Zuolin also felt that it was not practical to let Bao Guiqing hold the real power of administration, so let him roast in the position of overseer, with Han Linchun and Wu Junsheng on him, he could not do anything at all. So he rejected Bao Guiqing's opinion: "The post of overseer is originally a national law, and it is appointed by the central government, so how can it be arbitrarily conceded? Since the ninth brother of the court supervised the black, the province has been stable and has won great popularity, even Han and Wu have repeatedly discouraged them. In my brother's opinion, it is better not to mention this matter again. ”

The implication is that the position of governor is to be relinquished. Bao Guiqing couldn't, so he had to follow in the footsteps of Zhang Zuolin and resign from this part-time job, but this aftermath was inevitably a little bigger.

To whom should the vacated governorship be given?